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Summary: In this program, The Dow Chemical Company, the past and present of America's venerable chemical industry, catches a glimpse of the industry's possible future in Chemdex, an online B-to-B exchange, as chairman William Stavropoulos and former Chemdex CEO David Perry find common ground in their assessment of the hurdles facing tomorrow's CEOs. In addition, MBA students and faculty from the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Couples a comprehensive overview of the periodic table with in-depth lessons on each of its 118 elements, that combine instructions with experiments and animated lab demonstrations. The first half of the course explores the history and fundamentals of the periodic table, the second moves from the top to bottom row to explore the discoveries, subatomic structures, behaviors, and everyday uses of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: All matter in the observable universe-from a single blade of grass to a planet in a faraway galaxy-is made up of atoms, molecules, and compounds. This program introduces these minuscule building blocks in five sections: The Nucleus (protons and neutrons, energy shells, binding energy, fission and fusion); The Electrons (quantum numbers, spdf orbitals); The Elements (periodic table, valence...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: From ancient Chinese firecrackers to medieval alchemy to the anxieties of the nuclear age, this program looks at a variety of explosive materials and shows how we have learned to harness their power. British engineer Jem Stansfield demonstrates the inner workings and fiery effects of several different chemical concoctions. He goes underground to show how gunpowder was used in the mines of...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: On the periodic table, three-quarters of all the elements are classified as one sort of metal or another. Divided into five sections, this program provides a thorough overview of metals: Metals in Our World (includes iron, lithium, magnesium, mercury, potassium, silver, sodium, uranium, zinc); Alkali Metals (history and properties of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium);...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common-except for the remarkable fact that they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Two very important products derived from air are ammonia and nitric acid. Ammonia is produced when hydrogen gas is extracted from natural gas and steam, mixed with nitrogen from the air, and heated. The resulting ammonia gas is condensed into liquid form, to be made into other chemicals. Ammonia is also used to make nitric acid, basic in the production of fertilizers, detergents, and many other...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: This program scrutinizes the concept of phase transitions-from naturally occurring changes in state to those created in laboratories-in five sections: Solids, Liquids, and Gases (properties of molecules in different states; hydrogen bonds, dipole-dipole forces, dispersion forces; effects of temperature, pressure, and volume on atomic and molecular movement; Ideal Gas Law); Evaporation and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: What do fireworks, a fried egg, and a rusting truck have in common? They all involve chemical reactions. This program illustrates the mechanics of chemical reactions in five sections: Chemical Reactions (reactants and products, state changes, diatomic elements and molecules, Law of Conservation of Mass); Chemical Bonding (Octet Rule, ionic and covalent bonds); Types of Chemical Reactions...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: From charcoal to diamonds, carbon is essential to a multitude of products-and to life itself. This program illustrates the mechanics of the carbon cycle, explores some of the special properties of the ubiquitous element, and looks at the importance of carbon in the chemical makeup of all living things. Describing the best-known carbon allotropes, the program examines the characteristics and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: When is a mole not a mole? Section one of this program demystifies concepts such as Avogadro's Constant, molecular mass, and molar mass. In section two, the Percent Composition Formula is spotlighted, while section three addresses the Empirical Formula and its use in determining formula weight. The calculation of mass in the conversion of magnesium to magnesium oxide in a segment called...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Filled with real-life demonstrations that support instructive written examples, this program reinforces the basic principles of solving equations for chemical reactions. A brief historical overview describes Marie and Antoine Lavoisier's establishment of the law of conservation of mass, as well as the theoretical contributions of John Dalton. The importance of balancing equations is emphasized,...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: In part one of this program, chemistry authorities, including "Helium Man" and two janitors, lay down the law-Boyle's Law, Graham's Law, and Dalton's Law. They also present the Kinetic Molecular Theory and the Ideal Gas Equation and elaborate on partial pressures and the difference between diffusion and effusion. Part two investigates kinetic energy; ion-dipole, dipole-dipole, and London...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This in-depth, graphics-driven program introduces students to the world of synthetic and naturally occurring polymers. The video sheds light on a number of monomers and the processes of addition polymerization and condensation polymerization which produce a desired polymer. Properties of thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers are also investigated; likewise, the relationship between the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Air, an important industrial raw material, is first filtered to remove any solid matter. Then its constituent gases-nitrogen, oxygen, and other trace gases-can be separated by compressing the air, cooling it, and then allowing it to expand, which cools it further. Since each gas liquefies at a different temperature, the gases can easily be separated. As the air expands, it is used to drive...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: This program goes undercover to expose the secret tricks used in door-to-door sales of water purification systems - devices that can cost thousands of dollars, but which most people simply may not need. CBC reporter Tom Harrington investigates the dubious scare-tactics used to persuade people to buy.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: In the first lesson, five aqueous solutions are tested for degrees of acidity and alkalinity. The nature of acids and bases is examined. In lesson two, table salt is produced by mixing small pieces of aluminum with solutions of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Current flow in acid, neutral, and alkaline solutions is demonstrated. An experiment using ammonia water and dry ice tests...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: A good way to introduce quantum theory is to profile the individuals who pioneered it. This program focuses on Niels Bohr's contributions to our understanding of the atom and the behavior of subatomic particles according to quantum mechanics. Outlining theoretical precursors of quantum physics-including the ideas of John Dalton and J. J. Thomson-and a brief biography of Bohr, the video shows...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: In this program, bonding is explained in terms of dipole-dipole bonding for polar molecules, and dispersion forces for both polar and nonpolar molecules. Changes of state for water are examined, and the decreased density of ice when compared with liquid water is explained in terms of intermolecular bonding. Polarity is explained within the context of electronegativity. Formation of...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Can a barbershop quartet introduce the subject of stoichiometry? They do in this program, which in section one presents the Law of Conservation of Mass and how to balance equations. Section two explains the difference between the mass number and atomic mass, what an isotope is, and how to work with atomic mass units to find the average atomic mass.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This Science Screen Report uses experiments and everyday phenomena to explore the properties of matter and how physical forces cause state changes at the boiling, melting, freezing, and dew point. The program also demonstrates how different states of matter can be combined in suspensions and solutions and how such mixtures can be separated into their components. Applied chemistry is spotlighted...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: At the beginning of the 19th century, 55 elements had been discovered, and although scientists had no idea how many more they might yet find, they already had a suspicion that there was some sort of unifying pattern behind them all. This program charts the quest for order among the chemical elements by examining the contributions of Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the Periodic Table of Elements,...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: An explanation of the theory of infrared absorption is followed by showing a series of spectra demonstrating the major absorption peaks. Shifts within the carbonyl group, and their explanation, are discussed. The N.M.R. portion of the program covers the ideas of integration, chemical shift, and splitting in proton spectra in a logical process of development of the subject.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: A fire needs heat, fuel, and oxygen. This Science Screen Report examines that triangle of ingredients, and how scientists study it in order to combat-or harness-fire. With detailed examples of firefighting techniques, the program demonstrates the removal of heat from a class A blaze through the use of water or sprayed polymers, and the elimination of oxygen, a strategy used in fighting oil...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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